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Re: Ancestry - Free Access to all UK records 24-26th December
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 24 December 14 05:56 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for the heads up Trystan. Have used it already here in Oz, and will see how long I can use it tomorrow. Must remember time difference :o :o

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Re: Ancestry - Free Access to all UK records 24-26th December
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 24 December 14 09:11 GMT (UK) »
I've just waken up to the same message.  Goods news as I no longer have a sub and I hate Christmas Day, so will give me something more to do, than just eat and drink!

Carol :)
Derby- Bamford,Slater,Marriott,Lee,Fox,Hopkinson,Hawksley, Furniss, Froggatt, Stodd.
Notts - Breeding, Lacey Marriott ,Kershaw,Chambers,Geeson,Mitchell,Watts,Potts,Slack,Robinson, Cooper
Yorkshire - Potts, Bell, Derbyshire, Kershaw
Worcestershire - Dyson, Summers, Dearn, Jones
Warwickshire - Russon
Leicestershire - Stodd, Sarson, Berridge, Watts, Bradshaw.
Middlesex / Surrey - Markham, Pearce, Kalaher, Barrett

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Re: Ancestry - Free Access to all UK records 24-26th December
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 24 December 14 12:26 GMT (UK) »
Bet they don't credit us subscribers an extra couple of days as our pressie

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Re: Ancestry - Free Access to all UK records 24-26th December
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 24 December 14 13:48 GMT (UK) »
Does this include the most recent ELECTORAL ROLLS and if so where do you find them on the site.
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Clover, Matthews, Bradley. Franklin, Dredger, West Ham London area. Clover's in Suffolk.
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Re: Ancestry - Free Access to all UK records 24-26th December
« Reply #13 on: Wednesday 24 December 14 14:29 GMT (UK) »
Bet they don't credit us subscribers an extra couple of days as our pressie
Obviously not the season of goodwill where you are  :-\
Transcriptions and NBI are merely finding aids.  They are NOT a substitute for original record entries.
Remember - "They'll be found when they want to be found" !!!
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Re: Ancestry - Free Access to all UK records 24-26th December
« Reply #14 on: Wednesday 24 December 14 16:00 GMT (UK) »
Site seems to be down at the moment?

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Re: Ancestry - Free Access to all UK records 24-26th December
« Reply #15 on: Wednesday 24 December 14 16:39 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Ancestry but only one thing you can't access Family trees? (Public trees).
                            'Merry Christmas to all'
JAMIESON :-Govan-Glasgow-Edinburgh-Suffolk and paisley -East London-Now in Suffolk.              DOWNIE    :-  Burntisland-Kingshorn-Dunfermline.                              MCPHERSON:-Midlothian-Torryburn 

Scotland:-  Cochran,Brown,Orr,Mcdougall,Mcintosh
England :-  Shillabeer,Mcdougall                                                                 HALL     :-   East London

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Re: Ancestry - Free Access to all UK records 24-26th December
« Reply #16 on: Wednesday 24 December 14 19:42 GMT (UK) »
It's amazing the effect free access periods have on the 'attendance' at RootsChat. Numbers have been reduced all day by about 25% (except for a period this afternoon I discover when Anc'y went offline reportedly). It even affects the number of Guests sharply so they're not all 'bots and webcrawlers.

Not much chance then of us breaking the record for number of RootsChatters on-line this Christmas (see bottom of Forum Index page).
Glamorgan - Carpenter, Chamberlain, Ellis, Watkins, Rees, Bevan
Wiltshire - Carpenter, Chamberlain, Ellis, Merrett
Essex - Burdon, Taylor, Menzies
Canada - Burdon, Parkinson
Australia - Carpenter, Burdon

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Re: Ancestry - Free Access to all UK records 24-26th December
« Reply #17 on: Thursday 25 December 14 03:07 GMT (UK) »
Just had a try to get on, using the link posted, but it keeps knocking me out, either to .com.au , or saying to log in to get the free search, which it did not yesterday (Oz time) [Currently 14:00 25/12]